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Colwash

Yakima, WA · Natural

This fire is no longer active. It burned 39,103 acres in Yakima before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

39,103

Acres Burned

80

Days Burning

Aug 22, 2026

Discovered

2mo ago

Last Update

Growth

No growth in the last day, containment at 100%
Aug 22 / 1 acresSep 11 / 39,103 acres

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Public Lands Nearby

11 public land units within 75 miles

Toppenish National Wildlife Refuge

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Wildlife Refuge / WA

13.2 mi

NW

Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge

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Wildlife Refuge / OR

35.2 mi

SE

Hanford Reach National Monument

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Monument / WA

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NE

Cold Springs National Wildlife Refuge

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55.1 mi

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Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge

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Wildlife Refuge / WA

55.3 mi

W

Mcnary National Wildlife Refuge

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Wildlife Refuge / WA

59.8 mi

E

Columbia National Wildlife Refuge

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Wildlife Refuge / WA

61.7 mi

NE

Mount Adams Wilderness

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Wilderness / WA

64.3 mi

W

Goat Rocks Wilderness

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Wilderness / WA

64.8 mi

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Juniper Dunes Wilderness Area

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Wilderness / WA

65.9 mi

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William O. Douglas Wilderness

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Wilderness / WA

68 mi

NW

Situation Updates

Posted by the incident management team on InciWeb, plus changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

Colwash update: 39,103 acres, 100% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 4

Per interagency perimeter data, the Colwash grew 35,103 acres to 39,103.

IRWIN

Colwash update: 4,000 acres, 100% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 4

Per interagency perimeter data, the Colwash containment moved from 98% to 100%.

IRWIN

Colwash update: 4,000 acres, 98% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 3

Per interagency perimeter data, the Colwash was remapped 35,073 acres lower to 4,000.

IRWIN

Colwash update: 39,073 acres, 98% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 30

Per interagency perimeter data, the Colwash containment moved from 97% to 98%.

IRWIN

Colwash update: 39,073 acres, 97% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 29

Per interagency perimeter data, the Colwash containment moved from 96% to 97%.

IRWIN

Colwash update: 39,073 acres, 96% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 28

Per interagency perimeter data, the Colwash containment moved from 95% to 96%.

IRWIN

Colwash update: 39,073 acres, 95% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 26

Per interagency perimeter data, the Colwash containment moved from 42% to 95%.

IRWIN

Colwash PM update 08-25-2026

Incident team
Aug 26

Incident Commander: Leonard Johnson Fire Information Phone: 509-287-8562 Email: 2026.colwash@firenet.gov Facebook: www.facebook.com/sewaimt/ InciWeb: inciweb.wildfire.gov UPDATE: Aug. 25, 2026 - PM Release Estimated Size: 39,073 Containment: 95% Start Date/Time: 08/22/2026 approx. 7:45 a.m. Area of Fire: Fire is burning in in the southeast corner of Yakima County, from the Klickitat County line an...

InciWeb

Colwash AM update 08-25-2026

Incident team
Aug 25

Incident Commander: Leonard Johnson Fire Information Phone: 509-287-8562 Email: 2026.colwash@firenet.gov Facebook: www.facebook.com/sewaimt/ InciWeb: inciweb.wildfire.gov UPDATE: Aug. 25, 2026 - AM Release Estimated Size: 39,073 Containment: 48% Start Date/Time: 08/22/2026 approx. 7:45 a.m. Area of Fire: Fire is burning in in the southeast corner of Yakima County, from the Klickitat County line an...

InciWeb

Colwash update: 39,073 acres, 42% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 25

Per interagency perimeter data, the Colwash grew 474 acres to 39,073 and containment moved from 8% to 42%.

IRWIN

Colwash PM update 08-24-2026

Incident team
Aug 25

Incident Commander: Leonard Johnson Fire Information Phone: 509-287-8562 Email: 2026.colwash@firenet.gov Facebook: www.facebook.com/sewaimt/ InciWeb: inciweb.wildfire.gov UPDATE: Aug. 24, 2026 - PM Release Estimated Size: 38,599 Containment: 48% Start Date/Time: 08/22/2026 approx. 7:45 a.m. Area of Fire: Fire is burning in in the southeast corner of Yakima County, from the Klickitat County line an...

InciWeb

Colwash update: 38,599 acres, 8% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 24

Per interagency perimeter data, the Colwash grew 34,599 acres to 38,599 and containment moved from 0% to 8%.

IRWIN

Colwash update: 4,000 acres

Perimeter data
Aug 23

Per interagency perimeter data, the Colwash grew 3,750 acres to 4,000.

IRWIN

Colwash update: 250 acres

Perimeter data
Aug 22

Per interagency perimeter data, the Colwash was remapped 450 acres lower to 250.

IRWIN

Colwash update: 700 acres

Perimeter data
Aug 22

Per interagency perimeter data, the Colwash grew 700 acres to 700.

IRWIN

Timeline

Aug 22Now

80 days since discovery

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Data Sources

Fire data from NIFC Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS) via IRWIN. Satellite hotspots from NASA FIRMS VIIRS. Situation updates are either posted by the incident management team on InciWeb or read by us from WFIGS perimeter data, and each one says which. Air quality data from EPA AirNow. Public lands boundaries from USGS PAD-US 4.0.

IRWIN ID: ed58c7d2-e100-4ca5-b2c7-214c9d086e47

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